Korea’s return to school greeted with excitement, hesitation
While some parents are excited for schools to return to normalcy, others show concern over the lifting of social distancing measures.
EDUCATION
Order for all teachers to be in class baffling as students still on online modes
The Department of Education said it was an opportunity to improve the implementation of multiple learning delivery modalities.
40% of Japan’s kindergartens, day care centers face flood risks; some lacking evacuation plans
Regarding facilities that have yet to draw up plans, municipalities said some facilities lack staff and might have little recognition that countermeasures are mandatory.
School bags getting lighter in Malaysia’s primary schools
Measures implemented by the education ministry include reorganising timetables to only three or four subjects per day and limiting exercise books to two per subject.
Many S’pore secondary schools still starting at 7.30am despite green light to start later
While some schools have pushed back start times, a blanket policy may not fit every school's needs.
Malaysia’s parents in a bind over disappearing school buses
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, more parents prefer to send their children to school in their own cars instead of using school buses, which has led to a spiraling decrease in school…
South Korea students experience depression, anxiety amid Covid-10 pandemic
While 27 per cent of elementary students responded they have become more depressed than compared to before the pandemic, 26.3 per cent said they have become more anxious.
Kindergarten students in Hanoi return to school
They are the last group in the capital city to resume in-person learning.
Japanese company develops app to provide lunches to students
Offering the benefits of lessening the burden on parents to prepare lunches and reducing food loss in the boxed lunch industry, it has already expanded to about 100 schools in its…
Hong Kong students can return to school on April 19 at the earliest
All students can attend classes as usual, but only those who have at least one vaccine dose can participate in non-academic activities: Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.